Description

MUNSLOW

SO58NW ASTON MUNSLOW
1312-1/11/141 Nos.1 AND 2
15/03/74 Arbour Cottages
(Formerly Listed as:
MUNSLOW ASTON
Nos.1 AND 2
Arbour Cottages)

GV II

2 houses, now single house. Dated 1632. Painted timber frame
on stone rubble plinth with painted brick and render infill
panels, stone rubble gable end. Graduated slate roof. 2 rear
chimneys: projecting stone rubble eaves stack with tiled
offsets and C19 brick shaft, and integral stone stack with C19
brick shaft.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys and single storey with attic. Front with
square framing 3 panels high to left and 4 panels high to
right; central gabled wing projects with date in gable and C20
wood casement at each storey; plain doorway to left under open
porch with slate pentice roof. To left is single gabled dormer
with 2-light casement over 2-light ground-storey casement; to
right 2 C20 casements at both storeys and C20 partly glazed
door to right.
Right-hand gable-end truss: square framing 4 panels high with
pair of straight tension braces, straight tie beam, vertical
struts, collar with twin raking struts. Left gable-end of
stone rubble. Rear: square framing partly covered by
projecting stack and lean-to extensions and incorporating C20
casements.
INTERIOR: ground-floor rooms have exposed ceiling beams. Twin
trenched-purlin roof.

Listing NGR: SO5105686670

Recommended Books

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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)